We’re Sailing into the Summer
with Cobb Salad Boats!
Mini Cobb Salad bites of romaine leaves, with Cobb salad ingredients~ diced or shredded chicken, bacon, blue cheese, avocado, egg, and tomato.
Topping our boats with
Basil Buttermilk Dressing
and a Basil Leaf Sail!
Basil Buttermilk Dressing Ingredients
Makes about 1 cup, or 4 to 6 servings
1 small garlic clove
Rounded 1/4 teaspoon salt
2/3 cup well-shaken buttermilk
1/3 cup mayonnaise
2 tablespoons finely chopped fresh basil
Mince garlic and mash to a paste with salt using a heavy knife.
Whisk together buttermilk, mayonnaise, basil, and garlic paste in a small bowl. Chill, covered, 1 hour to allow flavors to develop.
To keep our boats from capsizing, I used half a grape tomato under the boats and moored :) them with a toothpick!
Wishing You Smooth Sailing. . .
and Calm Seas as You
Sail into Summer!
Looks wonderful after all the heavy BBQ food over the weekend-cool, light and refreshing and lovely!
Your pictures are beautyful and the cobb salad sounds delicately!
Oh I just love this! I love it so much, in fact, that I pinned it to my sneaky secret board so my future guests won’t copy it before I have the chance to do it. Ha!
Wow- very cool! Not only is your presentation awesome but the salads look and sound delicious!
Looks beautiful and delicious. Love the boat design. Thanks for sharing!
Your photos are so beautiful and your salad looks so inviting. What a refreshing invite into summer!
I love Cobb Salad. These boats are wonderful, Mary.
Too cute! Kids would love that, its a great way to get them to eat their greens…lol
~Mary~
Looks wonderful !!! where did you find the cute toothpicks?
Paula
In.
Thanks Paula! World Market :)
I want to come live next door and I will help you with all these delightful ideas, just so I can partake:):) You are the most creative person. The salad sounds fabulous after EATING so much this weekend!!! XO, pinky
Oh I am wild over these!!! After so much sugar I finally crave salads and you hit me on a good day! Darling darling darling! At the beach now in 3 layers, jeans and a blanket, welcome to ca summer fun! I will save the salad for the heat of home, here you crave hot heavy winter food all summer… Another ship shape picture perfect post~
These are beautiful and perfect for a low-carb meal.
So darling and scrumptious looking. I relate with Pinky and would like to be your friend and get invited to sample your great dishes. So pretty I would feel like royalty.
You put a big smile on my face…these salad boats are so darn cute!!!…Have to make those!!!…You are incredibly creative Mary!!
Mary, these are too cute and I know they are delicious as well. Will try!
Perfect start for a summer lunch…lovely salad and photos, Mary!
Oh my, oh my, I could not resist pinning your Cob Salad Boats recipe to my Recipes Board on Pinterest! Your truly an inspiring lady as I love what I see in the variety of recipes you share but mostly your photography is very inspiring as well! I will be back to visit! Thanks for sharing!
Warm regards,
Karla
I saw those picks the other day and thought hmmm, I know I want those but I don’t know why~and voila, you have shown me, basil leaf sails of course! Too clever Mary, so adorable! I can’t wait to try that basil salad dressing, sounds divine. Your presentation is so elegant yet so much fun~your post is full of lots of eye candy as always, so enjoyable!
Jenna
How clever!! I love these Mary ~ nice job!!
Brilliant once again. I could set sail with that salad.
Your salads look great Mary, love the ‘mooring’ idea! We’re still waiting for some warm weather here, a rainy 60 degrees today and they say in the 90’s for the rest of the week! Guess we’ll jump right into summer:@)
Oh, yummy! I love love love cobb salad!!! These will certainly be on my table this summer! And the addition of basil to the buttermilk salad dressing. I bet the salad tastes even better when they are served up in a darling lettuce boat! Thanks for sharing at TUTORIALS TIPS AND TIDBITS!
Such darling creations…almost too pretty to eat! I love your clever *anchors* as well as the basil sails. Where do you come up with all these wonderful ideas??? ~~Rettabug shakes her head in utter amazement~~
I hope you have some lovely weather on the lake this weekend. We need to get outside before it gets too hot & we’re stuck indoors again.
Hugs,
Rett
You little boats are so cute, Mary ! I love a good Cobb salad and this is such a clever way to serve it.
Taking me a while to catch up since we had our grandsons this weekend, I’ll need a couple if days to recoup :).
This is so cute. I shared it on http://www.facebook.com/artseashop for my fellow followers to see! Love your site!